Nick Collison Retires...

Not unexpectedly, one of my all time KU favorites, Nick Collison, is retiring from basketball. One of the better players ever at KU and an outstanding individual will long be remembered by the Thunder for his contribution on and off the court.

I would love to see him take a position at KU coaching bigs., He was one the more fundamentally sound players while at KU and NBA and a mentor to many of the great players at OKC and I believe he would make a heck of a coach. Hopefully we get to see him more in Lawrence.

If you want loyalty get a dog; better yet, get two just in case one turns on you.

He is high on my lengthy all-time favorites list. The article says he’s looking forward to more family time. I hope he and his family move to Lawrence, he gets hired as an assistant coach, and Bill Self can spend the next 15 years grooming him to take over as KU’s head coach when Self retires. It is my understanding he’s basically been part of the Thunder’s coaching staff for the past year or two. Am I remembering correctly that Nick’s dad was a coach?